While the piece in today's Wall Street Journal focuses on the 15 known lawsuits that have been brought against a company that makes very inexpensive derringers, our numbers on the huge number of concealed handgun permit holders provide some context about how rare...
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CPRC in the News: Instapundit, Breitbart, The Daily Telegraph (UK), Powerline, and much more
This has been a very busy news coverage the last couple of weeks with coverage in the Associated Press with stories in hundreds of news outlets, NPR, and our op-ed in the Chicago Tribune picked up in at least 17 other newspapers across the country. ...
NPR stations across the country run story citing our research on the number of concealed handgun permits
Our research on the number of concealed handgun permits received coverage at NPR stations across the country. The number of concealed handgun permits provides some perspective to the 3,896 guns found by people at airports. According to the Crime Prevention Research...
Associated Press cites our research on states that allow teachers to carry guns at school
The Associated Press' article on Florida's debate over expanding its program to let teachers carry concealed handguns by providing some perspective on how much of the country already allows it. The title of the article is: "Sheriff leading commission investigating...
CPRC in the News: In Spanish, Coverage received in Puebla, Mexico at the 2018 Ciudad de las Ideas
E-Consulta, November 16, 2018 La conferencia inaugural de la XI edición de la Ciudad de las Ideas (CDI), que en esta ocasión lleva por lema Burning questions, estuvo a cargo deleconomista y escritor John R. Lott Jr. quien abordó el tema de las leyes que regulan...
CPRC in the News: Hot Air, CNN, CrimProf Blog, Political Insider, Law Officer and other places
CNN, Erie News Now, WKTV Channel 2 (Utica, NY), KXLF Channel 4 (Butte, MT), CBS Channel 12 and NBC Channel 24 (Chico Redding, California), KBZK Channel 7 (Bozeman, MT), KXLH Channel 9 (Helena, MT), November 3, 2018 142% This...
More media on our research on mass public shootings across countries
Hot Air, September 7, 2018 Back in 2016, Adam Lankford, a University of Alabama professor, published a study claiming that roughly one-third of the mass shootings in the world take place in America. The study was widely panned almost immediately, with...
CPRC in the news: Instapundit, Vice News, Politico, Breitbart, Townhall, and other places
Instapundit, September 24, 2018 IS IT TRUE THAT WITH ONLY 4.5% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION, THE UNITED STATES ACCOUNTS FOR 31% OF ALL MASS PUBLIC SHOOTERS? According to John Lott, the answer is no. He writes: How a Botched Study Fooled the World About the U.S....
CPRC in the News: New York Post, Houston Chronicle, Nevada Public Radio, Charleston Post and Courier, and others
New York Post, September 4, 2018 Politicians at Sen. John McCain’s funeral bemoaned the loss of civility in politics, notes John R. Lott Jr. at Townhall, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week is proving that. Why? Government has...
CRTV’s Gavin McInnes explains the U.S. Rate of Mass Public Shootings is Lower than Global Average
Gavin McInnes mentions our new research: How a Botched Study Fooled the World About the U.S. Share of Mass Public Shootings: U.S. Rate is Lower than Global Average. Gavin also refers to an article on our work in the Washington Times, which can be found here. On CRTV...
Bombshell write up from Real Clear Politics: Mass Shootings in America: Anatomy of a Hyped Statistic
A must read: RealClearPolitics' Washington Bureau Chief has a very detailed article on a completely false and highly influential claim regarding distribution of mass public shootings around the world. Three years ago, which means it was before the mass murders at the...
More news coverage of our report on mass public shootings around the world
National Review, September 4, 2018 I’ve previously discussed the research of Adam Lankford, who claims that the U.S. is home to nearly a third of the entire world’s mass shootings and blames our high level of gun ownership, and I’ve noted his refusal “to share...